EVGA GTX 285 Hydro Copper - Is this a joke or what?

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In all honesty, he did get exactly the card and block he ordered. MPL shows the part number as "01G-P3-1290-ER", this is the Euro version of the product. . .NOT the American version(01G-P3-1290-AR), as shown on their site (clearly marked too I might add). I chalk this up to lack of research on the OP's part. Proper research would have revealed this difference long before the card was ever ordered. It is unrealistic to think that a vendor is not going to work with regional partners in different parts of the world, which is what eVGA has done here. It's one of the ways to help keep costs down and in a global and competitive market such as WC'ing, every little bit helps. If I were the wholesaler or eVGA, I'd probably be saying, "tough luck, that's what you ordered" too.

What are you going to do when they don't give you what you could see in the PDF and Part Number. They also give themselves the right to give you something that doesn't look like what you could see in the picture.

Whatever they give you it's always the right thing according to all their rules.

I see this different it isn't what it should be and it should be replaced because what they gave me doesn't come near to what it should be. I call this bad research from the manufacturer.